Youth,woman get up to 10 yrs jail for minor’s kidnap and rape

The court convicted Wazir on charge of kidnapping and raping the minor while Darshana was held guilty of abducting and keeping the girl in illegal confinment and forcing her to marry him.

“I am of the considered opinion that ends of justice can be met by sentencing convicts Darshana and Wazir to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years each and to pay a fine of Rs 2,000 each under section 363 (kidnapping) of IPC. They are further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years each and to pay a fine of Rs 2,000 each under section 366 (abducting and compelling woman for marriage) of IPC.

“Convict Wazir is further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years and to pay a fine of Rs 6,000 under section 376 (2)(f) of IPC for raping a minor,” the court said.

Counsel for the convicts had pleaded for leniency saying they are first time offenders and sole bread earners in their respective families.

The prosecution had opposed the convicts’ plea for leniency saying that the victim,a minor girl of 10 years,was kidnapped by the duo on August 16,2009 in furtherance of their common intention to compel her to marriage.

After kidnapping the victim,convict Wazir had married her at a temple and then had sexual intercourse with her at his village Luhar Hedi near Bahadurgarh in District Jhajjar,Haryana,it had said.

The girl had gone missing on August 16,2009 as per the missing persons report lodged by her father on August 20,2009,the prosecution had told the court.

It had said that the girl was recovered from Wazir’s home by the police on September 23,2009 on the basis of a secret information the cops had received.

Wazir was not arrested at that time as he could not be moved due to injuries suffered in an accident and he had later surrendered in court on April 13,2010.

The girl in her statement to the police had said that Darshana,who lived in her neighbourhood,on August 16,2009 had made her sit on a bus to Bahadurgarh from Kanjhawala Chowk here,the prosecution had said.

On the basis of this statement,Darshana was arrested by the police.